In the new edition on the "Intellectual Environment" topic IP practice lawyers Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh comment on how to use copyrighted content.

What name is better to register as a trademark? Does it require thinking up something original, or is it enough to indicate the type of services to be provided in the name, for example, selling tickets online? This is perhaps one of the most important issues when creating a new product or service.

On 01.04.2020, Federal Law No.69-FZ “On protection and promotion of investments in the Russian Federation” (hereinafter the “Law”) took effect. This law introduced an instrument new to domestic investment relations – an agreement on protection and promotion of investments (hereinafter the “APPI”).

Federal Law No.115-FZ “On amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation in respect to unifying the content of annual reports of state corporations/companies, public non-profit companies, as well as in respect to determining specifics of regulation of corporate relations in 2020 and suspending the provisions of certain regulations of the Russian Federation” dated April 7, 2020 was published and took effect on April 7, 2020, providing changes in the timeframes for holding general meetings of shareholders in 2020.

On April 1, 2020, Article 9.1 was added to the Federal law for maintaining economic stability, providing the Russian Government the authority to impose a moratorium on initiating bankruptcy proceedings. 

The Intellectual Environment topic from IP department at Capital Legal Services is here again. Elena Berger and Vladislav Scherbatykh comment on what happens if you fail to register your trademark on time.

In the new era of visuals, when consumers “love with their eyes,” media and bloggers all work to capture their audience using any means accessible. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to generate original content.

On November 18, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation transferred the cassation complaint by Krastsvetmet OJSC to the Economical Disputes Collegial Body for examination, thereby giving hope to all taxpayers who suffer from tax liability for actions of their bad faith contractors.

The case against Valery Izrailit is a significant one in many ways. We see how the law enforcement system works, how a district court judge works, how the supreme court instance works. We also see the reaction of the authorities to public accusations of promises not being kept.